something to calm her down, tele children, can't pick them up, can't hug them. what does this do? to these kids? >> absolutely right. what this does to these children is it produces a condition called toxic stress, which is an elevation of your fight and flight hormones that normally keep you out of danger, but in this situation, they remain high and it inhibits the development of their brains. it disrupts their brain architecture and keeps them from developing language and social emotional bonds and gross motor skills and the development that they could possibly have. >> doctor, what was your take away after visiting one of these facilities on what is happening to the children. >> i can't describe to you the room i was in with the toddlers where normally toddlers are rambunctious and running around. we had one child just screaming and crying and the others were